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Picture of the week photos wanted!

Picture of the week photos wanted!

  Do you think your photo is great? Well then submit it and get it on our Picture of the Week portion of our website and let thousands see your cool shot! Submit up your photo and details of it here! Hope to see your photos!

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Jeff Harris of P-38 Chino Fame, Passes Away today.

Jeff Harris of P-38 Chino Fame, Passes Away today.

Just finding out that we lost a great pilot today. Jeff Harris from Chino, and famous for flying the P-38, passed away today unexpectedly. No aircraft were involved, I have no details other than we lost a great pilot. R.I.P. Jeff.

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Another Attack! – KILLED!

Another Attack! – KILLED!

Yes, Warbird-Central.com has been a victim once again of a server attack. This time, I have isolated it, so nothing has crashed.   Found it today it as a plugin called Akismet   Anyone using it, remove it now! It is Injecting redirection code into your site! Thanks everyone for your support!   Paul Krumrei [...]

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P-51 Mustang

44-73656 – P-51D-25-NA – “Minuteman” and “MoonbeamMcSwine”

44-73656 – P-51D-25-NA – “Minuteman” and “MoonbeamMcSwine”

History / Previous Identities: 1944: Oct – Manufactured at Inglewood, Ca 1945: Mar 29 – Accepted by USAAF, via Newark NJ shipping dock to USAAF depot in Great Britain. Not assigned 1945: July – returned to USAAF depot, Newark NJ 1947: Mar 31 – to TX ANG, 182nd FS, Brooks AFB, San Antonio 1950: Nov [...]

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44-14337 – P-51D – “Gentle Annie”

44-14337 – P-51D – “Gentle Annie”

Taken at Bottisham,Cambridgeshire,England Aircraft from nearest to farthest: (MC-R) “Gentle Annie” from the 79th FS, 20th FG was assigned to Col. Harold J. Rau. P-51D-10-NA Mustang, s/n 44-14337 (PE-X) “Straw Boss 2″ from the 328th FS, 352nd FG was assigned to LtC. James D. Mayden. P-51D-10-NA Mustang, s/n 44-14111 (LM-S) from the 62nd FS, 56th [...]

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44-63650 – F-51D-20-NA

44-63650 – F-51D-20-NA

  44-63650 F-51D-20-NA Mustang 110 FS MO ANG No other information

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B-24 Liberator

44-40395 – B-24J-160-CO Liberator

44-40395 – B-24J-160-CO Liberator

A Consolidated B-24 Of The 43Rd Bomb Group In Flight In The Vicinity Of New Guinea.  

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42-109951 – B-24J-120-CO Liberator – “Madame Pele”

42-109951 – B-24J-120-CO Liberator – “Madame Pele”

Consolidated B-24 Liberator “Madame Pele” B-24J-120-CO Liberator s/n 42-109951 819th BS, 30th BG, 7th AF

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42-40387 – B-24D-53-CO – “Beautiful Betsy”

42-40387 – B-24D-53-CO – “Beautiful Betsy”

Top Row L-R Capt Joe Roth (pilot) Lt  Elliott R. Zeiss (copilot) 2Lt Gunnar Eric  Peterson (navigator) Lt  Frank F. Gorham (bombardier) T/Sgt James L. Sword (radio) S/Sgt Domenick R. Foretich (nose gunner) Bottom Row L-R S/Sgt Ben Rocha (assist radio operator) T/Sgt Richard Rone (engineer) S/Sgt Houston Burkhart (tail gunner) S/Sgt Harold F. Morrison [...]

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B-17 Flying Fortress

44-85790 – B-17G-105-VE – “Lacey Lady”

44-85790 – B-17G-105-VE – “Lacey Lady”

    This B-17G, the “Lacey Lady”, was a surplus plane built by Lockheed at the Vega plant in Burbank California. She has the lowest air time of any B-17 in existence. She has stood as an icon, since 1947, on McLoughlin Blvd. Although the B-17s were amazing to their crew as a “Flying Fortress”, [...]

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43-37837 – B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress – “Stag Party”

43-37837 – B-17G-70-BO Flying Fortress – “Stag Party”

1st Lt. Philip Lichty and crew 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force Lt. Lichty and crew (flying different aircraft than in photo) were killed in a mid-air collision due to a heavy overcast over Thurleigh,England on October 22,1944. After returning from a mission to Hanover,Germany they collided with a B-17 from another [...]

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41-2595 – B-17E Fortress/ XC-108A – “Desert Rat”

41-2595 – B-17E Fortress/ XC-108A – “Desert Rat”

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Latest Aircraft Updates

41-5920 – P-47B

41-5920 – P-47B

| May 6, 2013

  41-5920 was recovered by Randy Ferris from a swamp in the southeast and is in storage for eventual restoration.

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41-6001 – P-47B

41-6001 – P-47B

| May 6, 2013

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41-5999 – P-47B

41-5999 – P-47B

| May 6, 2013

Used by the 56th FG during the second half of 1942, they were sent back to get updates at the Republic plant and typically only stayed in the squadron for a few weeks. This aircraft was delivered to the 61st FS at Bridgeport on 21 Aug 1942, this Thunderbolt was destroyed in a fatal crash [...]

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51-9394 – F-84F-25-GK – Thunderstreak

51-9394 – F-84F-25-GK – Thunderstreak

| April 21, 2013

  52-6544 F-84F-40-RE Thunderstreak 51-9394 F-84F-25-GK 169 TFW ILL ANG

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52-6544 – F-84F-40-RE – Thunderstreak

52-6544 – F-84F-40-RE – Thunderstreak

| April 21, 2013

  52-6544 F-84F-40-RE Thunderstreak 51-9394 F-84F-25-GK 169 TFW ILL ANG

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44-40395 – B-24J-160-CO Liberator

44-40395 – B-24J-160-CO Liberator

| April 12, 2013

A Consolidated B-24 Of The 43Rd Bomb Group In Flight In The Vicinity Of New Guinea.  

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44-35663 – A-26C-45-DT Invader

44-35663 – A-26C-45-DT Invader

| April 12, 2013

Unknown Photographer 35663 converted to B-26B. Sent to Vietnam Jan 1963. Transferred to Taiwan. Scrapped at Clark Field Apr 1964.

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Picture of the week photos wanted!

Picture of the week photos wanted!

| March 19, 2013

  Do you think your photo is great? Well then submit it and get it on our Picture of the Week portion of our website and let thousands see your cool shot! Submit up your photo and details of it here! Hope to see your photos!

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41-18649 – C-47-DL

41-18649 – C-47-DL

| March 10, 2013

41-18649 Douglas C-47-DL ((c/n 6010) to USAAF Oct 31, 1942 – 5th AF, Australia Jan 12, 1943, operated as VHCHB. To civil registry as VH-CDH (ANA Feb 25, 1945),   VH-ANS (ANA Mangana May 22, 1946 – GuineaAirways Salamaua Dec 15, 1953), VH-GAJ (Rr Aug 1958), VH-ANS (Returned to ANA Jan 25, 1960 – Airlines [...]

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42-23615 – C-47A-30-DL

42-23615 – C-47A-30-DL

| March 10, 2013

    Ambulances from the 36th Evacuation Hospital at Hollandia bring litter and walking cases to Douglas C-47′s to be evacuated by air to Lae and Nadzab, New Guinea.                    

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